The Faded Root

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The Faded Root

The hammer is in your hand. It is heavy. It is real. You are eight years old and the air is thick with the smell of wet plaster and old blood. You are striking the wall. You are striking it again. The plaster crumbles. You are not playing. You are working. Who told you to do this? "Quiet, Thomas," says the woman in the doorway. She is tall. She is pale. She holds a book to her chest. "It is not...

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